How to include PEAR libraries with CakePHP?

Suggested solutions from other sites: 1) Modify /config/paths.php 2) Create separate php.ini settings file with the path to PEAR library 3) Modify the app_controller.php with the PEAR path settings My preference is to add the PEAR library to the "vendors" folder and to modify the app_controller to have the PEAR path included through it. if( file_exists(VENDORS.'Pear')){ ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . PATH_SEPARATOR . PEAR); } Above solution suggested at CakePHP's trac Depending on the library that you want to get included in the programs, add the library to the respective view App::import('vendor', 'XML_Feed_Parser', array('file' => '../vendors/pear/XML/Feed/Parser.php'));